Clothesline bracket and tray



D. E. DAVISON. CLOTHESLINE BRACKET AND TRAY.

APPLICATIONHLED MAK15I92].

Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

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WITNESSES ATTORNEYS D. E. DAVISON.

a GLOTHESLINE BRACKET AND TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 15. l92I-' 1 ,42 8, 4.- 1 8. Patented Sept. 5,1922.;

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A T THRIVE Y8 Patented Sept. 5, 1922.

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To all w 710m it may concern v Be it .known that I. DANIEL E. DAVI- soN,a citizen of the United States and a 'resident of thecity of New York,borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of,

New York,' have invented anew and Improved Clothesline Bracket and Tray,of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description. I

This invention relates. to an apparatus for supporting a clothesline insuch a mannor that one end may be moved into a room through a .windowwhen applying or remov-' tion through the clothes support or tray,

shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the bracket shown in Figure 1 withcertain parts broken away.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the structure shown in Figure 3, certainparts being broken away.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 indicates a windowframe which may be of any desired construction and 2 a lower window sashwhich is shown.

in the drawing as having been raised to provide a window opening 3. Inmany cities and other places it is customary to provide a clothes polein the yard or some convenient point and support endless pulley lines onthe pole and on the frame 1. Where this is done the person using theline must reach throughthe window opening 3 in order to reach the lineto hang articles thereon,

'In the present invention a bracket has been provided whereby one endsection of the line may be caused to extend through the window opening 3whereby clothes may be vhung thereon without reaching through the windowopening 3. As illustrated in the drawing a supporting bracket 4 isscrewed or otherwise rigidly secured to'the frame 1 and has a shaftyorbar I5 rigidly secured 'theretojby a nut or other securing meansj Theshaftb is clamped rigidly to the" supports and held against rotationby 5an an,

theclamping action'or in any suitable man ner. A sleeve is, rigidlysecured in any desired manner to th'e'shaft, said sleeve having anelongated casing 7 in which guiding pulleys '8 and 9, are mounted," saidpulleys being held injtheir JOUYIIalS arranged substantially verticalwhereby the} upper section;11 oftheclothes line 12 is guided in itsmoirement whether parallel to or at an 'angle through the. arm 13. The

shaft 5 is provided with a pair of locking pins 14: and 15 spaced aparta sufficient distance to permit the arm sleeve 16,to"freelyrotatewhence'ntrally located betweenlthese pins. The arm sleev'e'16 isprovided with slots and, 18 arranged at 'right angles to each' other,said slots being of Ia'size'to accommodate the respectivepins 14L.and15. When the arm is positioned within the room as shown in'Figure 1,the sleeve- 16 is pushed over until the vpin 15 is locatedin the slot18.

is desired to swing the arm to an outer po- This will lock the arm 13against'any swinging movement. When it sition, sleeve 16 is slidinglymoved along shaft 5 until it is disengaged from the pin l5 and thenrotated through approximately and then slid over until pin 14; is inslot 17- whereupon the arm will belocked in a substantially verticalposition.

The inner end of the arm 13 is provided witha knob 19 which carries abolt 20, which bolt in turn supports a hook 21 A pulley 22 of anyordinary or desired kind is reinovably connected with the h0ok'21andacts as theinner pulley wheel for the line I 12. The outer pulley wheelis not shown in the drawing but is of anydesired kind" and is mounted onthe usual supporting post now in common use. The lowersecr tron 23 ofthehne 12'naturally sags down as shown in Figure l and is in readyposition for receiving the clothes. When an article has been placed onthis section it is forced outwardly through the window opening 3 and fsection 11 automatically feeds in.

When the line has been filled and it is 'desired to close the windowsection '23 is passed over one of the hooks 2 1 or 25' as shown indotted lines in Figure land then arm 13 swung to its outer positionashereby it is prevented from sliding.

tofore described. By looping the section 23 over either of the hooks 24:and 25, the line is maintained taut after the arm 13 has been moved to.its outer position.

When connecting the clothes With section 28 and line 12 it is necessaryto either support the clothes by the hand or by some other means.instance, sheets, is to be hung on the line a tray 26 is provided inWhich these articles may be placed and merely their upper edgesraisedtothesection 23' and fastened thereon. As the articles arefastened on this section, said section is gradually moved out and,consequently, the article Will gradually move over the roller 27 andeventually swing free in the air. The tray 26 is provided With a pair ofsite members 28 and 29 and a bottom member 30 Which is supplied Withplates 31 and 32 adapted to straddle either all or part or" the Windowframe 1 Where- A supporting rod 83 is'pivotally mounted in. the sidemembers 28 and 29 and provided With a hook end 34 adapted to hook overthe knob .19 so that the inner end of the tray may be properlysupported. A division plate 35and a hinged lid 36 is arranged adjacentthe inner end of the tray and these members in connection With the sideWhen a large article, as for oai'r of soaced ains extendin crosswisethrough said bar at points between the bracket and the rollers, arotatable sleeve slid'ably mounted between said pins, said sleevecarrying anarm, said sleeve having slots at both ends to engage eitherof said pins and s0 disposed that the sleeve is ren dered capable ofbeing locked against movement at every quarter turn.

' 2. A clothes line support including va member adapted to be secured toa Window frame, a bar having aplurality of spaced pins adjacent thecenter thereof secured to said member, a sleeve carrying a pair of linerollers and a hook member secured to the free end of said bar, arotatable sleeve between said pins carrying an arm, said sleevebeing'slotted. at both ends and movable to engage either of said pinsand permit the arm to be held against movement at every quarter turn,and a pulley. at the free end of the arm for engaging a line.

DANIEL E. DAVISON.

